Valentijn van Campen

Valentijn van Campen (1671-) was an admiral of the United Provinces.

Biography
Valentijn van Campen was a Dutch sailor, originally serving as a captain under the East Indies expedition of Jan van der Crabben. He fought under him in the 1705 Battle of Sulawesi against Spain's fleet under Antonio de Castaneta, and was dispatched with a fleet of ships to finish the Spanish off while Crabben continued trading with the Indonesian Sultanates.